Insole.



J. BUGKLEY.

INSOLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY '2, 1911.

L@?5 188, Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

JEQHN BUCKLEX, 0F LYhId-li MASSACHUSEIZTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7,1913- Application filed- May 2, 1911 Serial No. 624,583.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jenn BUCKLEY,, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insoles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to insoles and is particularly applicable to so called stitchdown boots and shoes, and is also applicable to the manufacture of McKay and other types of shoes that require an inner sole, shoe upper and outer sole, whereby the parts of these shoes may be assembled in a simple and expeditious manner, and in which the upper and insole are united without lasting.

To the above ends my invention improves the shoe and method of manufacturing boots and shoes, which will be hereinafter set forth and described.

My invention is shown in the accompanying drawings inwhich: 1

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of my improved insole. Fig. 2 shows a plan view of'the blank from which the insole shown in Fig. 1 is produced. F ig. 3 shows a modified form of blank with the guiding flange portion extending along the shank and about the fore part, but omitted about the heelseat part. Fig. 4a shows a further modified form of blank with the guiding flange extending about the ball and toe part only. Fig. 5 showsa cross section on the line 55 in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 shows a cross section through the insole in Fig. 1, with the guiding flange in its operative position.

In carrying out my invention I produce an insole 1 which comprises a main sole shaped body portion 2 and a guiding flange 3 extending at right angles to the surface of the body portion 2. As shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing the insole 1 is produced from a blank somewhat larger than the size of insole desired, and along the dotted line 4, there is provided a score or groove 5, see Figs. 1, 5, and 6. This score or groove is formed by slitting partially through the material along the line 4 at the tread face of the sole, and perpendicular or normal to the upper face of'said sole which permits the turning of the guiding flange 3 an angular position as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

Before turning, the flange 3 is provided with the slits or notches 6 extending from said score or groove to the edge of the flange 3' the whole being shaped preferably by suitable dies to produce the insole shown in F ig, l.

The slits or notchesare used synonymously to describe the character of the severanoe about the sides of the insole. Said slits more nearly presenting a notch like form around the more narrowed parts of the insole, as for example the heel and toe.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing, the guiding flange 3 is omitted about the heel seat por tion 7, and in Fig. 4 of the drawing the flange is omitted along the shank portion 8 and about the heel seat portion 7.

The application of my invention is as follows: The upper of a shoe, is cut to size, so that when its outer or bottom edge is brought in line with the edge of the flange 3 of the insole, the said flange 3 will form a guide against which the edge of the upper may be laid, and by means of which-1t is positioned", and may be-properly gaged during the sewing operation. The sewing takes place while the upper and insole 1 are held in the above described position and these two parts are united without the use of the last. The operator takes the upper and insoleand laying the edge of the upper against the outer face of the flange 3, he presents them to the action of a straight needle sewing machine, the needle of which passes through and through the guiding flange 3 of the insole and the edge of the upper. The guiding flange 3 in addition to forming a guide against which the edge of the upper is placed and positioned, also assists in guiding the work with relation to the operation of the needle as the presserfoot of the sowing machine will rest in the angle formed between the body portion 2 of the insole and the inner face of the guiding flange 3. This I regard as the important feature of my invention, inasmuch as by the use of my improved insole having the guiding flange 3, I provide means whereby the edge of the upper may be accurately positioned and guided with relation to ,the stitch forming mechanism of the sewing machine.

In making a shoe embodying my insole as shown in Fig; 1, the upper and guiding flange. of the insole are united by .a line of stitching entirely about the body portion 2 of the sole. In using the sole produced from the blank shown in Fig. 3 in uniting the upper and insole, this preliminary stitching extends only along the shank and about the ball and toe part, and in'using the insole produced, from the blank shown in Fig. 4, the sewing extends about the ball and toe part only. After the upper and in- 5010 have been united by the line of stitches, a last of the desired shape and size is forced into the shoe which shapes the upper and causes it to conform closely to the outlines of the last. Thereafter in the event that it is desired to make stitch-down shoes, the edge of the upper and the guiding flange 3 of the insole 1 are turned down and outward in the plane of the bottom of the last, and an outsole and a finishing welt, if used, are secured to the outstanding edges of the upper and guiding flange in the usual man ner by means of a line of stitches, and the sole is finished in the usual manner of finishing stitch-down shoes.

- The guiding flange 3 is preferably beveled or skived as shown at 18, so that in the finished edge of the shoe, it will be practically invisible and the notches or slits will not show, and in making the McKay shoe it will not form a ridge beneath the insole.

If it is desired to make a McKay shoe, after the upper and insole have been stitched together, and after the introduction of. the last therein, the edge of the upper and the guiding flange 3 are turned inward over the bottom of the insole and a suitable filling is laid upon the surface of the insole within the inturned edges of the upper and insole, and the outsole is laid and temporarily secured in the usual. manner.

Thereafter the shaping last is withdrawn,

and the insole, upper and outsole are united by a line of wire nails, .or stitching formed by the usual McKay sewing machine.

In using the insoles produced by the blanks shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, the edge of the upper about that portion of the sole 7 where the guiding flange is lasted over .in the usual manner. I

I may employ a skipper or thin intermediate sole between outsole, said skipper being secured bya line of stitching to the outstanding edges of the upper and flange, and the outsole is omitted, will be the insole 1 and the attached by an independent line of stitchy Of course it is understood that shoes produced with my insole may have the usual stilfenings, linings and other parts 'e0mmonly going to make up a shoe, and that they will be of the usual form and arrangement.

Having described my lnvention, I claim .as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States:

An insole provided with a body portion and a guiding flange adapted to be turned body portion, a score or groove extending to an angular position with respectto said about said body portion at the base of said guiding flange and formed by a cut substantially normal tothe upper face of said body portion, said guiding flange having a plurality of slits and notches severing said flange and extending from the score or groove to the edge of said flange, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN BUCKLEY.

ll itnesses 'l. HART Annnnson, JOHN R. ANDERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,-

' Washington, D. G. 

